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ArticleJournal of cystic fibrosis : official journal of the European Cystic Fibrosis Society2017

Does current reporting of lung function by the UK cystic fibrosis registry allow a fair comparison of adult centres?

Julia Anne Nightingale, Clive Osmond

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Article in Journal of cystic fibrosis : official journal of the European Cystic Fibrosis Society, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Julia Anne NightingaleDepartment of Adult Cystic Fibrosis, University Hospital Southampton NHS Trust, Southampton General Hospital, Tremona Road, Southampton, SO16 6YD, United Kingdom. Electronic address: julia.nightingale@uhs.nhs.uk.
Clive OsmondMRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO16 6YD, United Kingdom. Electronic address: co@mrc.soton.ac.uk.

Funding

Medical Research Council MC_U147574242Medical Research Council MC_UP_A620_1016Medical Research Council MC_UU_12011/3Medical Research Council MC_UU_12011/4
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundOutcome data for UK cystic fibrosis centres are publicly available in an annual report, which ranks centres by median FEV

methodsUK Registry data from 4761 subjects at 34 anonymised adult centres were used to calculate mean FEV

resultsThere are minor differences between centres for mean FEV

conclusionsWe have demonstrated that the ranking of centres is biased and any apparent difference in respiratory outcomes is unlikely to be related to differing standards of care between centres.

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Cystic FibrosisRegistriesRespiratory Function TestsTertiary Care CentersAdolescentAdultAgedFemaleForced Expiratory VolumeHumansMaleMiddle AgedOutcome Assessment, Health CarePatient Care ManagementUnited KingdomClinical epidemiologyCystic fibrosisRespiratory measurement

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PMID28462874
PMCPMC5581542

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